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Sep
17
2024
2024 Constitution Day: Passing the Baton
11:20 a.m. - 12:35 p.m.
Hepburn Hall - Gothic Lounge
Constitution Day & NEW Civic Engagement Leadership Certificate
11:20am—11:45am - Part 1
Louise Stanton, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Introductions
Beau Lancaster, Adjunct Professor, Department of History
Jennifer Musial, Chair & Faculty, Department of Gender, Africana, and Latina American Studies
Jeffrey Dessources, Director, Center for Leadership & Engagement
11:45am—12:35pm - Part 2
Jeffrey Dessources, Director, Center for Leadership & Engagement introduces NEW Civic Engagement Leadership Certificate program
*Theo Dassin-Co-Founder, Students For Strengthening American Democracy (an initiative of Lawyers Defending American Democracy)
*Assata Man, Senior Community Organizer, Institute for Social Justice/NJ
NJCU students: Samantha Jaipersaud & Iris Gonzales, Civic Influencers at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago
*TABLING by these organizations and more to sign up to volunteer e.g. Be a pollworker-sign up with Power the Polls e.g. Do postcarding-Students for Voting Justice (SVJ), a campaign of the Center for Common Ground